Ok just watched them. The rules looked like no elbows or knees. I saw some of the chinese fighters getting saved by ref a few times. I thought i saw some bad decisions. The Chinese throws probably scored high. I saw some good Muay Thai throws. props to those Chen Taiji guys not scared to get in there and pressure testing their fight skills under a set of rules. Seems like the Muay thai guys were there as an exhibition and didnt really care.

Those fighters are certainly willing to do more than me, especially at my current age, and I respect their ability.

I don't know much about Muay Thai, but is this the usual format? For instance, are those the normal gloves used? Are double-leg tackles usually permitted? I think of Muay Thai as having different characteristic hand positions and focusing more on gaining the Plum (?) position for knee attacks. In this format, I found it a little difficult to distinguish the signature characteristics of the styles, beside observing a preference for different types of kicks.

In the format they agreed upon, it looked like a combination of K-1 and Sanda/sanshou rules without elbow striking and muay thai clinched knees. so yes, double leg take downs were permitted. gloves were 14 oz. gloves.

It is a fact that there are quite a number of taiji practitioners and general public sees Chen PH similar to shuiajiao or wrestling. Just go to Youtube and look at the comments. One hardly see any taiji in their PH.

I saw only one video where the winner is the Muay Thai guy. From the video, the MT only used enough to let the Chen guy go(for) a 2nd or was it 3rd round. He could have finished off in the 1st, if he goes all out. The referee is also a bit baised IMO.

I trained Chen with a 19th generation Chen family member and I can assure you traditional Chen PH is not the same as shuaijiao or wrestling. But I do honestly feel that the 20th generation is talking it in the direction of shuaijiao and wrestling at a rather fast rate and most of what you see from the Chen family in PH on YouTube is from the 20th generation.

This is what I find really disturbing about the whole Chen vs Muay Thai thing it is showing Sanda and not taiji at all and calling it taijiquan